Korean cultural dance blend with drums and martial arts for a unique performance at Toronto Centre for the Arts
2013 was designated the Year of Korea in Canada and what better way to cap off the year than with a performance of Korean cultural dance both classical and modern? A performance that also incorporates elements of martial arts, swordplay, mask work, strong man stunts and even audience participation. It’s sure to be a unique experience.
On the night of our first major blizzard this winter, my friend Vance and I trekked through near whiteout conditions to The Toronto Centre for the Arts for Korean Dance Studies Society of Canada‘s (KDSSC) with Ryu Art Company’s performance of K-Dance Revolution. Though we both debated the rationality of traveling in the storm, we persevered — our mutual appreciation for cultural studies driving us on for what would hopefully be an eye-opening performance.
Classic English lit styles combine with sublime off-the-cuff improv in a hilarious kick-off to The Impulse Festival
They are the esoteric and the random, the witty and the poignant. Hailing all the way from London, The School of Night is a hilarious comedy troupe that employs various literary styles and devices to entertain all those who would listen to their phantasmagorical tales. And last night, three of its members performed one of the opening shows (of the same name) at the first ever Impulse festival.
This was improv at its finest. Effortlessly combining Chaucerian dialect, iambic pentameter and Shakespearian prose, the three performers commanded the stage and incited a steady flow of laughter from the audience. What’s more, the night was as educational as it was entertaining.
Bundle up for this unique outdoor theatrical experience playing at Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works
Weather The Weather or How We Make It Home Together’s title pretty aptly encapsulates the experience of the show. This is night-time outdoor theatre, in Canada, in December, and there is plenty of weathering the weather to be had.
Weather The Weather was “inspired by winter, the Canadian Shield and our indomitable compulsion to get home for the holidays”. Two siblings, Daga (Amy Lee) and Diwrnod (Kawa Ada) are trying to find their way home after being displaced by a storm. Diwrnod is captured by Igora (Lisa Karen Cox), a troll who controls the weather. The sister must save the brother… with some help from a magical prince (Courtenay Stevens) and their house gnome (Colin Doyle).
This intricate adaptation of the famous novel, The Tin Drum, is brought to life at Toronto’s Aki Studio Theatre
The Tin Drum, playing at the Aki Studio Theatre, is based on the famous novel of the same name by Günter Grass and follows the story of Oskar Matzarath. Oskar is born in the city of Danzig (now Gdańsk) in the 1920’s and immediately has the preternatural self-awareness to realize that life is safer, easier and more comfortable as a child. He wills himself to stop growing after the age of three. Continue reading Review: The Tin Drum (UnSpun Theatre)→
Repetitive Strain Injury, a story about a young couple before their wedding, is playing at Factory Theatre
Repetitive Strain Injury, the story of a young couple on the verge of marriage, is the first production of Company Kid Logic. Toronto’s Factory Theatre Studio hosts the coming-out party for this uber-talented company. For over 40 years, Factory has been “Home of the Canadian playwright” and a breeding ground for great, young Canadian talent. Repetitive Strain Injury certainly follows in that tradition.
